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romney is losing his lead in those counties. and i think part of it is through mistakes that need not have been made. he was campaigning in toledo, ohio, which is never ever going to vote for him. what are they doing putting him there? but at any rate, i don't think the debates will change anything either the polls are showing one thing in spite of all the advertising, no americans are changing their opinion. so the whole thing comes down to voter participation. the democrats are apathetic and the republicans are not energized. so both sideses are having trouble getting their people to actually show up on that day. >> the swing voters, the small number of people -- >> i think the polls are showing for the first time in many elections there is no swing vote. it's only about how many of each side actually show up. it's voter participation, not swing. >> so all the debates can really offer is some sort of message that the people will key on. >> enough to say instead of watching a football game that day, i'll actually go to the poll
romney is losing his lead in those counties. and i think part of it is through mistakes that need not have been made. he was campaigning in toledo, ohio, which is never ever going to vote for him. what are they doing putting him there? but at any rate, i don't think the debates will change anything either the polls are showing one thing in spite of all the advertising, no americans are changing their opinion. so the whole thing comes down to voter participation. the democrats are apathetic and...
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but romney is going to win it in a close race. >> thank you very much, mike dewine state attorney general, former state for. >>> it doesn't happen very often. it did today. the ceo of the biggest company in the usa said i'm sorry. >>> and you'll never guess where the next victoria's secret underwear store is going. hmm. more power in two. looking for a better place to put your cash? here's one you may not have thought of -- fidelity. now you don't have to go to a bank to get the things you want from a bank, like no-fee atms, all over the world. free checkwriting and mobile deposits. now depositing a check is as easy as taking a picture. free online bill payments. a highly acclaimed credit card with 2% cash back into your fidelity account. open a fidelity cash management account today and discover another reason you. we know you. we know you have to rise early... and work late, with not enough sleep in between. how you sometimes need to get over to that exit, like, right now. and how things aren't... just about you anymore. introducing the all-new, smart-sensing... honda accord. it starts
but romney is going to win it in a close race. >> thank you very much, mike dewine state attorney general, former state for. >>> it doesn't happen very often. it did today. the ceo of the biggest company in the usa said i'm sorry. >>> and you'll never guess where the next victoria's secret underwear store is going. hmm. more power in two. looking for a better place to put your cash? here's one you may not have thought of -- fidelity. now you don't have to go to a bank to...
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and the president and mitt romney hitting ohio. ohio senator rob portman will join to us weigh in on the presidential race. "squawk" is coming right back after this. [ male announcer ] introducing a reason to look twice. the entirely new lexus es and the first-ever es hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection. we create easy to use, powerful trading tools for all. look at these streaming charts! they're totally customizable and they let you visualize what might happen next. that's genius! strategies, chains, positions. we put 'em all on one screen! could we make placing a trade any easier? mmmm...could we? open an account today and get a free 13-month e ibd™ subscription when you call 1-888-280-0149 now. optionsxpress by charles schwab. >>> we're back this morning continuing our conversation with former u.s. senator sam nunn and martyfeld stein. senator, let me go to you. becky had the best question during the break, you suggest you have to get all this done together, meaning collectively, a grand bargain, a grand pack annu age.
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ohio is really critical to this race. no republican has ever been elected president without it. this is a place where president obama has really targeted to try to take it off the table for romney. but when you look at the combination of states that romney has got to put together to get to 270 elect roral votes romney is behind in all three of those right now. he's looking to the debates and he's looking to some intensive campaigning with paul ryan to tray to make a difference. >> john, i heard a report on npr this morning talking about gary johnson, the former governor of new mexico, who's going to be running -- i think he's on the ballot in something like 47 states. you don't hear much about his campaign. you don't expect that it would make a difference too many places, but in some polls he's picked up as much as 6% of the electorate. do either the democrats or the republicans really give this much thought? >> i think republicans are a little more concerned. remember, gary johnson was an elected republican governor, and when you look at that strong libertarian chunk of the ele
ohio is really critical to this race. no republican has ever been elected president without it. this is a place where president obama has really targeted to try to take it off the table for romney. but when you look at the combination of states that romney has got to put together to get to 270 elect roral votes romney is behind in all three of those right now. he's looking to the debates and he's looking to some intensive campaigning with paul ryan to tray to make a difference. >> john, i...
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the romney campaign is right to point out that horse race numbers move. did you know that last month mitt romney was leading barack obama on who do trust on jobs by 14 points? and right now, he's trailing by six points on the jobs question. >> why is that? >> i'll tell you why. i think the reason is not anything that's happened in the job market, but, rather, and there's a silver lining here for the romney folk, but rather that their campaign has been totally weak over the last three, four weeks and it has really reduced the notion of mitt romney as a credible challenger. you're not going to win right how when you're down six on jobs. >> he's not talking about his program. i agree with everything you said, but he can turn this around by convincing people next week in denver that he believes in this program, it's a jobs program, because every poll is showing americans think the economy is lousy. they just don't believe that mitt romney has a plan to turn things around. >> and they don't believe mitt romney. >> and he's changing the plan. these guys are cal
the romney campaign is right to point out that horse race numbers move. did you know that last month mitt romney was leading barack obama on who do trust on jobs by 14 points? and right now, he's trailing by six points on the jobs question. >> why is that? >> i'll tell you why. i think the reason is not anything that's happened in the job market, but, rather, and there's a silver lining here for the romney folk, but rather that their campaign has been totally weak over the last...
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. >>> now let's tourn the the presidential race. republicans are tearing out their hair trying to figure out why the romney campaign can't seem to get out of its own way. could the answer be mitt romney? we will debate that next up on kudlow. to the cheaters" vo: tough on china? not mitt romney. when a flood of chinese tires threatened a thousand american jobs... it was president obama who stood up to china and protected american workers. mitt romney attacked obama's decision... said standing up to china was "bad for the nation and our workers." how can mitt romney take on the cheaters... when he's taking their side? >>> welcome back to "the kudlow report." i'm larry kudlow. in this half hour, you have to hear this late-breaking news. president obama blocked a chinese company from owning four wind farm projects in northern oregon. the reason -- apparently national security concerns. plus, our president has been touting his so-called new plan. he named it "patriotic economics." want a clue what it may be like? parlez vous fracais? .
. >>> now let's tourn the the presidential race. republicans are tearing out their hair trying to figure out why the romney campaign can't seem to get out of its own way. could the answer be mitt romney? we will debate that next up on kudlow. to the cheaters" vo: tough on china? not mitt romney. when a flood of chinese tires threatened a thousand american jobs... it was president obama who stood up to china and protected american workers. mitt romney attacked obama's decision......
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new polls today show the race is closer than some have suggested. in global market news, weak economic data was out overnight from china. the country's normally robust services sector fell sharply last month. here at home, stocks are bouncing around to start the fourth quarter. investors say they're in a wait and see mode. i don't know if we've actually talked to any of them ahead of earnings season, but we're saying that anyway. it's october 3rd, 2012, and "squawk box" begins right now.
new polls today show the race is closer than some have suggested. in global market news, weak economic data was out overnight from china. the country's normally robust services sector fell sharply last month. here at home, stocks are bouncing around to start the fourth quarter. investors say they're in a wait and see mode. i don't know if we've actually talked to any of them ahead of earnings season, but we're saying that anyway. it's october 3rd, 2012, and "squawk box" begins right...
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the race is changing. we've seen that in our new polls out today. romney's pulled a little closer. down three points nationally. almost even in florida, down one. almost even in virginia, down two. still down eight in ohio. but it could change further as a result of this debate. debates are the one moment where both are side by side. want to run through some issues. on the issue of taxes, mitt romney has proposed a 20% across the both tax cut that he says will not increase the deficit and will not shift the burden to middle income taxpayers. yesterday in a radio interview he began to outline how he might pay for that, said he would limit tax deductions for families to $17,000. that is a step toward specificity, but barack obama can go after him on that. by the same token, romney can go after obama because obama's talked about reducing the corporate rate to 28%, but he hasn't specified how he'd pay for it. and then you have the issue of jobs. romney talks about the job record on net from the beginning of president obama's term. and if you do that, it's just about even. maybe a few j
the race is changing. we've seen that in our new polls out today. romney's pulled a little closer. down three points nationally. almost even in florida, down one. almost even in virginia, down two. still down eight in ohio. but it could change further as a result of this debate. debates are the one moment where both are side by side. want to run through some issues. on the issue of taxes, mitt romney has proposed a 20% across the both tax cut that he says will not increase the deficit and will...
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of losing, from my perspective on the ground and what i see at home across the country it's a tight race and we're going to run this thing through the tape and in the end i believe in 42 days you'll see mitt romney pull ahead and win this thing. >> virginia is an important state. what is the swing factor, what are people watching closely? >> look, listen, our economy and unemployment numbers in virginia tend to be a little better than average but one thing that is particular and specific to virginia are these looming defense cuts. we have a very rich heritage of participation in the defense of our country in the commonwealth and with the ability for us to go forward as a country, virginia plays a very important role and when you see the president refusing to get involved with substituting these defense cuts it will have a real impact on the communities across our commonwealth and it means real jobs and it will mean real layoffs and i believe that will end up winning virginia for a while. >> it's interesting, though, if you're looking at this as a voter, could you pick anybody to blame fo
of losing, from my perspective on the ground and what i see at home across the country it's a tight race and we're going to run this thing through the tape and in the end i believe in 42 days you'll see mitt romney pull ahead and win this thing. >> virginia is an important state. what is the swing factor, what are people watching closely? >> look, listen, our economy and unemployment numbers in virginia tend to be a little better than average but one thing that is particular and...
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>> he has to -- this race is about the economy and jobs. that's what people care about. and i think one of the distractions for the romney campaign has been that they have not been able to really pound that message day in and day out. if they can come back to that, it will be successful for them. >> what did the president have to do, beyond look presidential, i imagine? >> both of these guys have to play offense. so it is not going to be sort of a run out of the clock opportunity for either guy. the president isrd shal. he is the commander in chief, so he doesn't have to look it, is he it. he is it. mitt romney is a good debater, the president is a good debater. there will be no knockout punch but they'll have to be solid in order to move the ball down the field. >> we saw a clip in the previous segment from fox over the weekend with ryan and the big issue was the details on the tax plan. how much more in terms of details do you expect we'll learn from romney and by the way, are we going to learn any more details in terms of what president obama's planning to do? i'll go
>> he has to -- this race is about the economy and jobs. that's what people care about. and i think one of the distractions for the romney campaign has been that they have not been able to really pound that message day in and day out. if they can come back to that, it will be successful for them. >> what did the president have to do, beyond look presidential, i imagine? >> both of these guys have to play offense. so it is not going to be sort of a run out of the clock...
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there is the states that are just going to move with the direction of the race, right? which is florida, virginia, colorado, nevada. these are the four closest states. coming up on the outside with wisconsin. and then you have sort of the next three in the battleground which are iowa, new hampshire, and ohio. but florida in particular -- if you look at the three we did. i call it the mega state of flova, you get what i did there f-l-o-f-g-a. any of the battleground states we've done all yearlong. so it's not just that he's down a point, he's probably in the best position there than any of the battleground states outside of north carolina. >> i keep hearing people say that mitt romney's advisers think he can't do this unless he wins both florida and ohio. you know these electoral college votes, you know the map better than about anybody, is that what you think too? >> no, i actually think they have a tough decision to make. and when you're in business and the business background of mitt romney, he's going to have a tough decision to make in a week, and that is, do you pu
there is the states that are just going to move with the direction of the race, right? which is florida, virginia, colorado, nevada. these are the four closest states. coming up on the outside with wisconsin. and then you have sort of the next three in the battleground which are iowa, new hampshire, and ohio. but florida in particular -- if you look at the three we did. i call it the mega state of flova, you get what i did there f-l-o-f-g-a. any of the battleground states we've done all...
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the race can change directions in october. big first debate, can governor romney change the race? yes, he can. however, however, it doesn't always happen. most often about 80% of the time, the can daylight who leads at this point in the race, president obama, yes, a narrow lead, but even candidates with a very narrow lead at this point, 8 out of 10 elections, they tend to win. this rule might be broken. might be more of a myth than a rule. rule number two, if the president does win, he will break number two. the unemployment rate, since fdr no, president has won re-election with an unemployment rate above 7.2%, and it's still above 8% right now. the president has to break one those rules as we go forward. here is one my favorites. we used to say missouri is the show me state, even in presidential politics. since 1956, missouri always picked the winner. only state you had to watch. watch missouri, you know who wins the election. let me shift walls. two magic walls. two is better than one. go back and look at the map from 1988, look at this. well, show me state went for john mccain,
the race can change directions in october. big first debate, can governor romney change the race? yes, he can. however, however, it doesn't always happen. most often about 80% of the time, the can daylight who leads at this point in the race, president obama, yes, a narrow lead, but even candidates with a very narrow lead at this point, 8 out of 10 elections, they tend to win. this rule might be broken. might be more of a myth than a rule. rule number two, if the president does win, he will...
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will wednesday's debate blow the race wide open? i'll ask top advisors to mitt romney and president obama what they think it will take to come out on top. >>> battleground america. on one side, the conservatives, if the election were today, president obama would win. on the other side, the liberal who says the debates are make or break for mitt romney. >>> also, marie osmond. what it would mean to her to see a mormon president. >> there's a lot of strange things said about, you know, our faith. >> marie osmond on her faith and family. >>> and my exclusive with european ryder cup winners, ian poulter and justin rose. a sporting moment so extraordinary even the men in the middle of it can't quite believe it happened. >> it really was one of the most remarkable comebacks i can think in any kind of sport. >> this is "piers morgan tonight." >>> good evening. our big story tonight, neck and neck with 36 days to go until the election, the latest cnn/orc poll has president obama at 50% and mitt romney at 47%, within the margin of error. the
will wednesday's debate blow the race wide open? i'll ask top advisors to mitt romney and president obama what they think it will take to come out on top. >>> battleground america. on one side, the conservatives, if the election were today, president obama would win. on the other side, the liberal who says the debates are make or break for mitt romney. >>> also, marie osmond. what it would mean to her to see a mormon president. >> there's a lot of strange things said...
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one of them has obama -- one of them has romney up by one point. the rest are a very close race within the margin of error, one point, three points, four points, four points, one for five points. a poll came out that shows the president is up nine points. here's how they got there. they have nine percentage point more democrat turnout than republican. it's a fantasy. in the 2008 obama landslide it was advantage for the democrats of just three points. republicans won florida in 2004, republicans turned out by four percentage points more. you just can't have those kind of swings, the numbers aren't reliable. >> cornell, what do you make -- >> i think what really is going on, i don't disagree with what john said about what's driving it but i think you're within the margin of error in almost every one of those battleground states. >> cornell, what about the florida numbers? >> i do understand what republicans are trying to do. i mean, they do have to sort of make this argument against the media that the media's biased in a way favoring democrats, regar
one of them has obama -- one of them has romney up by one point. the rest are a very close race within the margin of error, one point, three points, four points, four points, one for five points. a poll came out that shows the president is up nine points. here's how they got there. they have nine percentage point more democrat turnout than republican. it's a fantasy. in the 2008 obama landslide it was advantage for the democrats of just three points. republicans won florida in 2004, republicans...
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for romney, you know, he's got to fundamentally change the way this race is right now, he's got -- he's trailing by about five points in both states, and nationally. one thing that's interesting, "new york times" did a piece this weekend looking at the debate strategy and there's a line that jumped out to me. it said this, mr. romney's team has concluded that debates are about creating moments, and has equipped him with a series of zingers that he has memorized and has been practicing on aides since august. those of us, you and you, john, in particular, who've been watching mitt romney for five or six years now, are really psyched to see what kind of zinger one-liners that the former massachusetts governor comes up with on wednesday. >> we will wait on those zingers. the democrats jumping all over that line, saying this campaign debate shouldn't be about zingers but about serious issues. peter hamby live from washington this morning. thanks for being with us. zoraida? >> it is three minutes past the hour. former california governor arnold schwarzenegger is opening up about his double li
for romney, you know, he's got to fundamentally change the way this race is right now, he's got -- he's trailing by about five points in both states, and nationally. one thing that's interesting, "new york times" did a piece this weekend looking at the debate strategy and there's a line that jumped out to me. it said this, mr. romney's team has concluded that debates are about creating moments, and has equipped him with a series of zingers that he has memorized and has been practicing...
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the romney people are actually saying their internals show it's a much closer race. what do you think? >> i imagine it is closer. i think it's closer somewhat going to tighten somewhat. but if it's ten points, that's a lot to make up in such a short time. and critical thing, joe, of course is that mitt romney at the moment has negative momentum. he's going backwards. it's not that obama's moving up so much as that mitt romney is moving backwards. as somebody said to me after that 47% republican strategist after that 47% remark it's bad enough when you don't like the candidate who's running for president. it's even worse when you learn that the candidate doesn't like you. >> right. i think the other thing that's kind of interesting is when you look at some of this polling is suggests that people in ohio are a little bit more optimistic about the economy than they were just a few weeks ago. the flip side of that is speaking with newt gingrich just a little while ago, he said mitt romney's got a problem, that his message is muddled. which one do you think it is? or how
the romney people are actually saying their internals show it's a much closer race. what do you think? >> i imagine it is closer. i think it's closer somewhat going to tighten somewhat. but if it's ten points, that's a lot to make up in such a short time. and critical thing, joe, of course is that mitt romney at the moment has negative momentum. he's going backwards. it's not that obama's moving up so much as that mitt romney is moving backwards. as somebody said to me after that 47%...
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because the race is slipping away from him. you got to believe he can have -- >> it's 49%/47%. >> that poll isn't right. >> oh, kryou don't like that po. >> if you're a romney supporter you've got to believe this could be the moment. i just think this image of romney going up to people randomly and saying things like, you know, are you better off than you were four years ago -- >> i'm not going to separate the two of them. i take it back. i take it back. >> to me that's the core question. >> just a moment ago i was saying i was so happy to have you sitting next to each other. save me. >> that's the core of the question of the debate. romney has spent two years trying to make the case president obama's first term is a failure. republicans by and large i think have come to a realization they cannot beat him solely on that argument. in our poll, a third of the country says we're worse off than we were four years ago. therefore romney -- a third says they're no better. obama is winning among those no better by 20 points. which mean
because the race is slipping away from him. you got to believe he can have -- >> it's 49%/47%. >> that poll isn't right. >> oh, kryou don't like that po. >> if you're a romney supporter you've got to believe this could be the moment. i just think this image of romney going up to people randomly and saying things like, you know, are you better off than you were four years ago -- >> i'm not going to separate the two of them. i take it back. i take it back. >>...
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so not only some horse race news out here, but also mitt romney going after the president on national security. >> and, jim, do you know between the obama/netanyahu phone call, who called whom? >> reporter: i don't know. i don't know the answer to that, fredricka. i don't have that information as to who called who there. we know the white house released a photograph or is about to release a photograph of the president on the phone with prime minister netanyahu. we're working to get some of that same kind of photograph of mitt romney. all we have at this point is some video of mitt romney on the tarmac talking to the israeli prime minister, but it just goes to show you, you know, how critically important this issue is of israeli security to a lot of voters in this country. down in boca raton, florida, earlier this afternoon vice president joe biden was talking to a crowd down there. and he said to that crowd, he said he wasn't planning on talking about israel today, but he said president obama has been a stronger ally of israel's than any other president he served with in eight years.
so not only some horse race news out here, but also mitt romney going after the president on national security. >> and, jim, do you know between the obama/netanyahu phone call, who called whom? >> reporter: i don't know. i don't know the answer to that, fredricka. i don't have that information as to who called who there. we know the white house released a photograph or is about to release a photograph of the president on the phone with prime minister netanyahu. we're working to get...
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both president obama, mitt romney campaigning there over the last hour, duelling campaign events. romney held a veterans for romney event in springfield, talking about the need to keep america's military strong. >> i happen to subscribe to ronald reagan's maxim that peace comes through strength. i want to have a military that so strong no one wants to test it. [ applause ] and there's a long-term threat to our military capability, and to our national security, and it relates to something that fuels and builds our military. and that's our economy. you have to have a strong economy. >> president obama was rallying supporters in virginia beach. that was a couple minutes ago. he talked about creating opportunities for everybody. >> we don't believe anybody is entitled to success in this country. we don't believe government should help folks who aren't willing to try to help themselves. but we do believe in something called opportunity. we do believe in a country where hard work pays off, where responsibility is rewarded, where everyone gets a fair shot and everybody is doing their fai
both president obama, mitt romney campaigning there over the last hour, duelling campaign events. romney held a veterans for romney event in springfield, talking about the need to keep america's military strong. >> i happen to subscribe to ronald reagan's maxim that peace comes through strength. i want to have a military that so strong no one wants to test it. [ applause ] and there's a long-term threat to our military capability, and to our national security, and it relates to something...
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i mean, do you think when we're looking at this presidential race, do you think mitt romney has done that? has done enough outreach, especially when you look at his reaction right after the libyan attacks and the protests in the middle east? >> outreach to who? outreach to the terrorists that committed the attack in libya r or outreach to the middle east? >> reach out to terrorists. you know, they want to fight the terrorists, but people do want to reach out to the middle east. >> i think that any president of the united states, whether it's going to be obama or romney is going to have to reach out to the arab world. the problem is, in the arab world the thing they most fear right now is a growing and a threatening iran. that's what we hear in the gulf, that's what you hear from everybody. they're not afraid about having their hand held, they're afraid whether america is going to have their back and privately they're telling everybody that that is their biggest concern. america is retreating and we hear all this about a pivot to asia and they're worried we're not serious about their
i mean, do you think when we're looking at this presidential race, do you think mitt romney has done that? has done enough outreach, especially when you look at his reaction right after the libyan attacks and the protests in the middle east? >> outreach to who? outreach to the terrorists that committed the attack in libya r or outreach to the middle east? >> reach out to terrorists. you know, they want to fight the terrorists, but people do want to reach out to the middle east....
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they're worried about congressional races and other races. th thinkf things don't turn around soon, governor romney would be a drag on the ticket. i talke to a veteran republic, former state party chairman, he says, yes, people are v t concerns, but be calm. governor romney has time. >>rlyf a candidate loses by more thfivt starts to e. that a big issue for republicans. but the way i look at it, we're starting the fourth quarter we haveon arterback. and anybody th ows fourth tion . so oober will be big. romney has a goodtart the month, we'll be fine. reporr: you hear him say october wi be big. that starts e month. that would be the first debate, , on october 3rd. republicans say is is overblown. doesn't matter if they ve early or election day. but look at theequest for early mail-in democrats havea countywhere i'm in, m than hf the votes were cast early last election. that's where most of the students are.fascinating towatch one thing republicans are worrieout ashi early voting opehens, t president has momentum at the moment. they say it's cri
they're worried about congressional races and other races. th thinkf things don't turn around soon, governor romney would be a drag on the ticket. i talke to a veteran republic, former state party chairman, he says, yes, people are v t concerns, but be calm. governor romney has time. >>rlyf a candidate loses by more thfivt starts to e. that a big issue for republicans. but the way i look at it, we're starting the fourth quarter we haveon arterback. and anybody th ows fourth tion . so...
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there's a real class divide in the race. there is not an overwhelming balance but there is an ideological preponderant. 80% of republican primary voters consider themselves conservative. >> if you thought of like mike huckabee -- you can see someone -- >> mitt romney did not have to do the things he had to do on immigration to win. if -- ultimately he was running as rick perry, rick santorum and newt gingrich. >> we are talking about what the republicans should do but democrats have become more assertive and to this id to predict consumer conservative in this issue. -- assertive in this issue. what the barack obama do this here? he leaned into the issue. he defied those saying we are going to lose downscale white voters if you do this. he did it anyway. the response was quite remarkable. and lead to an uptick among hispanics. lots of praise for a progresses. a put republicans on the defensive. republicans have not only painted themselves into a corner on this but democrats are learning how to take advantage of that. parks do
there's a real class divide in the race. there is not an overwhelming balance but there is an ideological preponderant. 80% of republican primary voters consider themselves conservative. >> if you thought of like mike huckabee -- you can see someone -- >> mitt romney did not have to do the things he had to do on immigration to win. if -- ultimately he was running as rick perry, rick santorum and newt gingrich. >> we are talking about what the republicans should do but...
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is there a way -- are you doing anything to get into the race cycle with obama and romney? host: what do you say? guest: right now i'm excluded from the first debate. the commission is the presidential debate commission and that is private and made up of republicans and democrats with no interest in seeing a third voice on stage. we have filed three lawsuits to get me on stage based on other third-party candidates who have filed lawsuits. there doesn't seem to be much hope. we filed on the antitrust round, something that has not been done before. host: how much do these debates matter and what are you looking for to hearing on wednesday? guest: the debates are tandem tantamount to me having a chance of winning. you can close the lid on winning the election. is winning getting enough votes to cause one of the other two who ends up winning to give more than just lip service to these issues? potentially. i view this as a victory every single day. there are so many people -- i think i speak on behalf of the majority of americans. i think they consider themselves fiscally respon
is there a way -- are you doing anything to get into the race cycle with obama and romney? host: what do you say? guest: right now i'm excluded from the first debate. the commission is the presidential debate commission and that is private and made up of republicans and democrats with no interest in seeing a third voice on stage. we have filed three lawsuits to get me on stage based on other third-party candidates who have filed lawsuits. there doesn't seem to be much hope. we filed on the...
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is there a way -- are you doing anything to get into the race cycle with obama and romney? host: what do you say? we had a similar question from twitter. guest: right now i'm excluded from the first debate. the commission is the presidential debate commission and that is private and made up of republicans and democrats with no interest in seeing a third voice on stage. we have filed three lawsuits to get me on stage based on other third-party candidates who have there doesn't seem to be much hope. we filed on the antitrust round, -- browns. -- grounds. something that has not been done before. host: how much do these debates matter and what are you looking for to hearing on wednesday? guest: the debates are tantamount to me having a chance of winning. you can close the lid on winning the election. is winning getting enough votes to cause one of the other two who ends up winning to give more than just lip service to these issues? potentially. you know, steve, i view this as a victory every single day. there are so many people -- i think i speak on behalf of the majority of am
is there a way -- are you doing anything to get into the race cycle with obama and romney? host: what do you say? we had a similar question from twitter. guest: right now i'm excluded from the first debate. the commission is the presidential debate commission and that is private and made up of republicans and democrats with no interest in seeing a third voice on stage. we have filed three lawsuits to get me on stage based on other third-party candidates who have there doesn't seem to be much...
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and another race is being called a tossup, courtesy of a seattle station. that will be over on c-span2. watch as obama and romney meet up at the university of denver. our coverage begins at 7:00 p.m. with a preview. the debate begins at 9:00, and we will follow that up with your reaction and phone calls and emails and tweets. all of that here on c-span, c- span radio, and on c-span.org. our cameras have been out all day in denver. we are inside the center at the university of denver. this is the media area, where people will come to talk about how the candidates did. a live look, here on c-span. taking a look inside the immediate area -- the media area of ritchie center at the university of denver. mitt romney got out for lunch and met with reporters at chipotle in denver. some of the preparations for tomorrow night's debate here at the university of denver's ritchie center. some of the expectations for tomorrow night's debate. >> you may have heard that in a few days, a poet in this election and i are going to have a debate -- my opponent in this election
and another race is being called a tossup, courtesy of a seattle station. that will be over on c-span2. watch as obama and romney meet up at the university of denver. our coverage begins at 7:00 p.m. with a preview. the debate begins at 9:00, and we will follow that up with your reaction and phone calls and emails and tweets. all of that here on c-span, c- span radio, and on c-span.org. our cameras have been out all day in denver. we are inside the center at the university of denver. this is...
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race like a change in a national security. that can be an external event as we had in libya or is to be a political mistake. i learned that the hard way when i was a junior campaign staffer working for mike dukakis. i was there at the moment when he was climbing into that tank. i am here to tell you that you can shake up the race all kinds of ways off when it comes to national security. if he back then, in 1988, democrats are in the middle of a 30-year, 35-point deficit when it came to vote for trust on national security. that security gap began in the aftermath of the vietnam war and persisted very stubbornly until about 2008 when it closed up, due mostly to republican mistakes. the voters were tired of the iraq war. tired of the blundering that they have perceived in the bush administration. they decided that both parties, there was kind of a pop in both houses. what has been very interesting, and a third way has been attracting -- tracking the national security with our own focus groups for the last several years, if you lo
race like a change in a national security. that can be an external event as we had in libya or is to be a political mistake. i learned that the hard way when i was a junior campaign staffer working for mike dukakis. i was there at the moment when he was climbing into that tank. i am here to tell you that you can shake up the race all kinds of ways off when it comes to national security. if he back then, in 1988, democrats are in the middle of a 30-year, 35-point deficit when it came to vote for...
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with the race tightening, some democrats say you should look for another running mate. i could never do that to barack. finally, this is the men's room at a restaurant with the economy having trouble with a meal. obama says "how about seconds?" [applause] it is working now. >> hello. this is one of the things i will have to walk over here because i am old and cannot see as well. this is the statue of liberty. it says -- this is how you get your wife not to talk to you 40 dead days. this was a justice in front of the pearly gates. they are asking him "what trimester were you in?" it gets the reaction a lot. my wife and i have been married for 31 years. in 1998 we were expecting our second child. she literally was in labor. i am not talking about early contractions. i am talking about ready to burst labor. it was on election day 1998. we stopped by the voting place so she could cancel out my vote. [applause] that tells you how we can be friends because we disagree on stuff. i into the right. i worked on reagan pose a campaign in 1984. i think we still share the same of va
with the race tightening, some democrats say you should look for another running mate. i could never do that to barack. finally, this is the men's room at a restaurant with the economy having trouble with a meal. obama says "how about seconds?" [applause] it is working now. >> hello. this is one of the things i will have to walk over here because i am old and cannot see as well. this is the statue of liberty. it says -- this is how you get your wife not to talk to you 40 dead...
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for a long time now, they've been showing this race as even. right now, they're saying -- and this gets updated daily, about 9:30 in the morning -- and they president obama and mitt romney both at 46% nationwide. and when leaners are included, it's tied at 48% apiece. and the swing state daily tracking poll, they also have this, and they have that tied as well, obama 46%, romney 46%. again, this is from rasmussenreports.com. scott is a republican in colorado springs. hi, scott. caller: how you doing? host: good. what do you think about the campaign media coverage so far? caller: it's a joke. i flip through the channels, and they are totally biased. the thing that really gets me is you have romney going on, the different outlets, but yet obama, he's going on "the view" and david letterman, but he won't come on fox. it seems like he really, really avoids the tough questions, and he really can't answer the questions on the economy. i'm here in colorado, and it's just as bad here as it is anywhere else. i hope during this election that they'll have
for a long time now, they've been showing this race as even. right now, they're saying -- and this gets updated daily, about 9:30 in the morning -- and they president obama and mitt romney both at 46% nationwide. and when leaners are included, it's tied at 48% apiece. and the swing state daily tracking poll, they also have this, and they have that tied as well, obama 46%, romney 46%. again, this is from rasmussenreports.com. scott is a republican in colorado springs. hi, scott. caller: how you...
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mitt romney have three debates to change the dynamic of this race. he might not have a better opportunity. the thing that we do every four years, those of us in the new business, is we treat this like a big boxing match where somebody knocks somebody else out, and that almost never happens. guest: there are a couple of examples. there is dan quayle, and lloyd bentsen saying i know jfk, you are no jfk. we watched al gore as he was signing and moaning for rob the debate with george w. bush, which cost him a lot -- sign in and moaning throughout the debate the george w. bush, which cost compared the -- cost him the debate. if there are not a lot of those 47% comments that president running mate -- did i say president running? -- mitt romney? mitt romney apologized. host: let's look at tom and said governor romney made yesterday about the debate. -- that governor romney made yesterday about the debate. [video clip] >> there is a lot of interest, people want to know who will win, who will score, and in my view it is not winning and losing, or the people t
mitt romney have three debates to change the dynamic of this race. he might not have a better opportunity. the thing that we do every four years, those of us in the new business, is we treat this like a big boxing match where somebody knocks somebody else out, and that almost never happens. guest: there are a couple of examples. there is dan quayle, and lloyd bentsen saying i know jfk, you are no jfk. we watched al gore as he was signing and moaning for rob the debate with george w. bush, which...
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for a long time now, they have been showing this race as even. this gets updated daily at about 9:30 a.m. they have obama and romney both up 46% nationwide. with leanders, 48% a piece. the swing state tracking poll is tied as well at 46%. this is from rasmussen reports. scott, a republican in colorado springs. hello, scott. what do you think about the campaign media coverage so far? caller: it's a joke. they are all totally biased. the thing that really gets me is that you have these various news view" andbama on 'the letterman. he won't go on fox. he avoids the tough ques tions. it's just as bad here in colorado as anywhere else. i hope when they have the debate in denver that they ask the tough questions. people need answers. this foreign-policy mass, -- mess, he always watns transparency. host: you're in a swing state. are you seeing a lot of commercials? caller: i go back and forth between denver and the suburbs. when they go out and do the polls, they're finding out that they're asking more democrats and coming back with a 10 point lead. fro
for a long time now, they have been showing this race as even. this gets updated daily at about 9:30 a.m. they have obama and romney both up 46% nationwide. with leanders, 48% a piece. the swing state tracking poll is tied as well at 46%. this is from rasmussen reports. scott, a republican in colorado springs. hello, scott. what do you think about the campaign media coverage so far? caller: it's a joke. they are all totally biased. the thing that really gets me is that you have these various...
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george mcgovern who lost in 1972, bob dole -- on november 6 either obama or romney will face defeat. how will they handle it? coming up in a few moments, jill stein will be joining us from boston to talk about her race for the presidency. later, virgil goode on his own third-party bid. good morning, nancy. >> on today's talk shows, the focus is campaign 2012 and the upcoming presidential debates. appearing on several of these shows is chris christie. c-span radio brings you three years beginning with me to the press. white house senior adviser and ralph reid. at 1:00 hear "this week" including christ christie, haley barbour. at 2:00 it is fox news sunday. chris wallace sits down with paul ryan. the state of the union follows with guests including john mccain and roy blunt, martin omalley, and david axelrod. at 4:00, the host of the face the nation talks with crist christi, newt gingrich, and marha blackburn. they are brought to you as a public service by the network and c-span. they began at noon eastern with "meet the press," "this week, fox news sunday, state of the union, and face
george mcgovern who lost in 1972, bob dole -- on november 6 either obama or romney will face defeat. how will they handle it? coming up in a few moments, jill stein will be joining us from boston to talk about her race for the presidency. later, virgil goode on his own third-party bid. good morning, nancy. >> on today's talk shows, the focus is campaign 2012 and the upcoming presidential debates. appearing on several of these shows is chris christie. c-span radio brings you three years...
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it means that you actually be competitive in this race, mitt romney would have to get double john mccain's margin of 18 points among the white working class in this election. that's youth turnout doesn't change among minority's despite the shifts in eligible voters. if this does get realize, let's say minority vote share goes up by couple of points, 26% as was in 2008 to 28% in 2012, and again if the white college graduate and minority support stays about the same, it means mitt romney would have to get north of 40-point margin among white working-class voters to actually win the election, to win the popular vote. so let's take look at where we are now based on a reasonable came out. it's the gold standard for polls. a pew research center. no one else -- no offense to anyone else in the room who has april. they really do it right. it's pretty reliable stuff. they give you a lot of interesting demographic breaks tradition as among likely voters that obama is leading now by eight points. if you look at the average of the national polls as a bit high relative to the average. the average has b
it means that you actually be competitive in this race, mitt romney would have to get double john mccain's margin of 18 points among the white working class in this election. that's youth turnout doesn't change among minority's despite the shifts in eligible voters. if this does get realize, let's say minority vote share goes up by couple of points, 26% as was in 2008 to 28% in 2012, and again if the white college graduate and minority support stays about the same, it means mitt romney would...
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in the case of two candidates romney was running against, newt gingrich and rick santorum, certainly they wouldn't have been able to be in the race as long as they did after losing contests in each case without basically a millionaire or two afar or a billionaire backing them with checks as high as $5 million or $2 million. as a result, the republican primary was much more prolonged than it would have been. romney and the friends had to spend more money than they expected defending him in the early months, and really, the whole dynamic of what we are used to in early presidential politics with iowa, new hampshire, and south carolina, we have a nominee upended there. the super pack stepped in a huge way this summer. when romney wins the position, doesn't have the infrastructure, or have the money to compete with obama at that point. he relied heavily on super packs through the summer months to do his advertising. of course, this was not technically coordinated advertising, and trevor can get into the legal realities and fictions there. it had some clear, of course, positive effects in
in the case of two candidates romney was running against, newt gingrich and rick santorum, certainly they wouldn't have been able to be in the race as long as they did after losing contests in each case without basically a millionaire or two afar or a billionaire backing them with checks as high as $5 million or $2 million. as a result, the republican primary was much more prolonged than it would have been. romney and the friends had to spend more money than they expected defending him in the...
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president obama and governor romney racing to get in last minute prep before going face-to-face first debate next wednesday i denver that is. what should we expect? let's ask bill kristol, editor of "the weekly stdard" and byron york, chief political correspondt for the "washingnexaminer". welcome to you both. byron, i'll start with you. what does romney have to do to show up roads in here. even voters say they don't expect him to win? >> we the thing, he has to do the same thing he had to do all along which present himself as a good alternative to the president who will take the country in a different direction than the president and can point out the numerous flaws in the president's record. i mean, i wonder whether romney has actually been preparing too much. he has been doing enormous amount of this stuff. he did a unabout much of debates in the republican primaries. it got to where heas quite sharp. whether he is lost his edge by now i don't know. gerri: bill, you've been very critical of romney saying that in some cases he has been arrogant, he has been stupid in some of his com
president obama and governor romney racing to get in last minute prep before going face-to-face first debate next wednesday i denver that is. what should we expect? let's ask bill kristol, editor of "the weekly stdard" and byron york, chief political correspondt for the "washingnexaminer". welcome to you both. byron, i'll start with you. what does romney have to do to show up roads in here. even voters say they don't expect him to win? >> we the thing, he has to do the...